Ballad Of The Old Cypress (Du Fu Poems)
In front of the temple of Chu-ko Liang there is an old cypress. Its branchesare like green bronze; its roots ...
Du Fu Poems (37 Poems)
Ballad Of The Army Carts (Du Fu Poems)
Wagons rattling and banging,horses neighing and snorting,conscripts marching, each with bow and arrows at his hip,fathers and mothers, wives and ...
Alone, Looking for Blossoms Along the River (Du Fu Poems)
The sorrow of riverside blossoms inexplicable,And nowhere to complain -- I've gone half crazy.I look up our southern neighbor. But ...
By The Lake (Du Fu Poems)
The old fellow from Shao-ling weeps with stifled sobs as he walks furtively by the bends of the Sepentine on ...
Full Moon (Du Fu Poems)
Above the tower -- a lone, twice-sized moon.On the cold river passing night-filled homes,It scatters restless gold across the waves.On ...
Gazing at the Sacred Peak (Du Fu Poems)
For all this, what is the mountain god like?An unending green of lands north and south:From ethereal beauty Creation distillsThere, ...
Day’s End (Du Fu Poems)
Oxen and sheep were brought back downLong ago, and bramble gates closed. OverMountains and rivers, far from my old garden,A ...
On Seeing A Pupil Of Kung-sun Dance The Chien-ch’i (Du Fu Poems)
On the nineteenth day of the tenth month of the second year of Ta-li (15 November 767), in the residence ...
A Song Of Painting: To General Cao Ba (Du Fu Poems)
You, General Cao Ba, descendant of Cao Cao,now live as a peasant, a cold-door commoner.Your ancestor's heroic age ...
The Pitiful Young Prince (Du Fu Poems)
Hooded crows fly at night over the walls of Chang'an,uttering harsh cries above Welcoming Autumn Gate,then head for ...
Twenty-Two Rhymes To Left-Prime-Minister Wei (Du Fu Poems)
Boys in fancy clothes never starve,but Confucian scholars often find their lives in ruin. Please listen to my explanation, Sir,I, ...
P’eng-ya Road (Du Fu Poems)
I remember fleeing the rebels through dangerous northern canyons,the midnight moon shining brighton narrow P'eng-ya Road.So poor we went on ...
Song Of Lovely Women (Du Fu Poems)
Third day, third month festival, and the air fresh with spring;beside Serpentine Lake in Chang'an, many lovely women ...
A Woman Of Quality (Du Fu Poems)
Matchless in breeding and beauty,a fine lady has taken refugein this forsaken valley.She is of good family, she says,but her ...
Ballad Of The Press-Gang At Shihao Village (Du Fu Poems)
One evening I found lodging in a village where A press-gang stole by night to seize my aging host,Who, hearing ...
Poem For Wei Ba (Du Fu Poems)
Often a man's life is suchthat he seldom sees his friends,like the constellations Shen and Shangwhich never share the same ...
Gazing At Mount Tai (Du Fu Poems)
How to describe Tai mountain?Its green towers above all of Chi and Lu!Here the Creator concentrated divine beauty;its north and ...
Dreaming Of Li Bai (2) (Du Fu Poems)
Clouds drifting the whole day;a traveler traveling who never arrives.Three nights you have been in my dreams;as your friend, I ...
Thoughts On An Ancient Site:Birthplace Of Wang Qiang (Du Fu Poems)
Through flocks of mountains, myriad valleys, I arrive in Jingmen,where Ming-fei was born and bred--* the village is ...
Dreaming Of Li Bai (1) (Du Fu Poems)
Separation by death must finally be choked down,but separation in life is a long anguish,Chiang-nan is a pestilential land;no word ...
Passing The Night At Headquarters (Du Fu Poems)
Clear autumn at headquarters, wu-tung trees cold beside the well;I spend the night alone in the river city,using up ...
The Temple Of Zhuge Liang (Du Fu Poems)
Zhu-ge's great name hangs over the whole world;the revered statesman's portrait awes with its sublimity.The empire carved into ...
View From A Height (Du Fu Poems)
Sharp wind, towering sky, apes howling mournfully;untouched island, white sand, birds flying in circles.Infinite forest, bleakly shedding leaf after leaf;inexhaustible ...
From Autumn Thoughts, Poem 1 (Du Fu Poems)
Jade frost bites the maple treesand Wu Mountain and Wu Gorge breathe out dark fearas river waves rise up to ...
A Second Farewell To Governor Yen Wu At The FengJi Post Station (Du Fu Poems)
We have come far together, but here we must part;the green hills vainly echo my feelings.When will we again take ...
Upon The Military Recovery Of Henan And Hebei (Du Fu Poems)
News comes to Jianwai1 that Jibei has been recoveredand tears wet my garments when I hear the news.I turn to ...
A Short Poem Written At The Moment When A Rising River Looked Like A Rolling Ocean (Du Fu Poems)
I was stubborn by nature and addicted to perfect lines,fought to the death to find words that startle.Now in old ...
Advent Of Spring (Du Fu Poems)
The city has fallen: only the hills and rivers remain.In Spring the streets were green with grass and trees.Sorrowing over ...
The Eight Formations (Du Fu Poems)
Your achievements overshadowed any in the Three Kingdoms;most famous of all was your design for the Eight Formations.Against ...
Lone Wild Goose (Du Fu Poems)
Alone, the wild goose refuses food and drink,his calls searching for the flock.Who feels compassion for that single shadowvanishing in ...